
The dos comprise:
- Understand that Indians are amiable but have a tendency to change their minds quite frequently.
- Deal promptly with any complaint from German or Austrian tourists, who can be straightforward and demanding to the point of seeming rude and aggressive.
- Ensure tourists from Russia - a tall nation - are housed in rooms with hight ceilings and doorways. (via)

The don'ts comprise:
- Exchange a smile or make eye contact with anyone from France who you do not know.
- Ask superstitious people from Hong Kong to sleep in a historic property or a four-poster bed because they associate them with ghostly encounters.
- Describe a visitor from Canada as American. (via)

Photos from Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel (via and via and via)
The whole thing was like a bad joke. Anyways, loved GBH!!!
ReplyDeleteHa, this was big in January. Well, there is no such thing like tourism sciences, isn't it? Just tourism. :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful film!
ReplyDelete"Don't make eye contact with anyone from France." What, please, why? Hahahahaha. That's crazy stuff!
ReplyDeleteScary, I would say :-)
ReplyDelete;-)
ReplyDeleteIt's indeed clever and hilarious, combining the VB guidebook and Budapest Hotel screen grabs!
ReplyDeleteIt really is, isn't it? I btw saw the film the other day. Fiennes was a blast as Gustave H.
DeleteFor a second, I felt a twinge of panic - I couldn't find your comments, neither old nor new ones. The layout seems to have changed moving all comments from the top to the bottom... What a pity, your feedback is such an integral part of the blog. Many thanks Derek, Wim, Karen, Kenneth, Macy, Abbie, Tim, and John. And yes, Grand Budapest Hotel is wonderful :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks and no worries, Laura. The comments section was easy to find. :-)
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